
Recuperating from a broken hip sustained four months ago, wealthy Cornelia Hilyard had a portable elevator installed temporarily in the home she shares with her thirty year old single son, Malcolm Hilyard. Shortly after Malcolm leaves for the extended July 4th weekend during a summer heatwave, Cornelia gets trapped in the elevator when a short circuit occurs, the front grated elevator car hovering approximately ten feet above her living room foyer, she only having access to t... (Full plot summary below)
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Recuperating from a broken hip sustained four months ago, wealthy Cornelia Hilyard had a portable elevator installed temporarily in the home she shares with her thirty year old single son, Malcolm Hilyard. Shortly after Malcolm leaves for the extended July 4th weekend during a summer heatwave, Cornelia gets trapped in the elevator when a short circuit occurs, the front grated elevator car hovering approximately ten feet above her living room foyer, she only having access to those few items she brought into the elevator with her: beyond those items on her person, a book, a transistor radio, her cane and a vase containing a single flower. All her efforts to get out using the elevator's emergency functions only attract the wrong elements as two associated but disparate groups break into her house initially with the sole purpose of robbing her of everything, they able to do so partly in being able to conduct their business out of her view. In the process, none of the five people involved seem to care about her whatsoever. Things change when one of the five, Randall Simpson O'Connell, the leader of the group of younger thugs, he who has spent most of his formative years in a reformatory, decides that in addition he wants to commit murder, including of Cornelia. If Cornelia is able to survive in the short term, the nature of the situation may further change due to something that Malcolm had left for her just before he left.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzMorbid unwatchable misogynist psychological thriller of the sensationalist school. |
| User ReviewRhady NOne of the best movies of all time....And one of the most hilarious. |
| User ReviewCha tIncredible! Very violent and way ahead of it's time. James Caan is great! love it. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! |
| User Reviewfaceless kitty pukeVery overlooked and a head of its time. Very intense and greatly acted. |
| User Reviewbrittany wThis is a really freaky movie, full of pre mod and psychedelic hippie types who enjoy torturing the poor lady. The youth of today probably took lessons from this movie, What is this world coming to ? |
| User ReviewGeorgie MIncredible story. Very suspenseful!!! Highly recommend!!! |
| User ReviewKaren CExcellent movie with very unique camera angles. Very strange but interesting story. If you want to see something different with alot of twists, this is it!!! |
| User ReviewAndrew TSurprisingly tense thriller with good performances and an ingenious central concept. |
| User ReviewMackenzie SRelatively unknown, but brilliant in it's depiction of the end of innosence in society. It shows no matter how young you are, you are not pure. The brilliant Miss. De Havilland plays the "lady", a wealthy woman trapped in an elevator after a powerfailure. I think it symbolizes that she is caged like the animal she is...like they all are... |
| User ReviewZoran SA totally awesome, sensational, trashy, baroque b-movie staring Olivia de Havilland trapped in a cage-like elevator in her home and menaced by goofy hoods. Everything about the film is totally over the top, least of all her voice overs which are hilarious |